Written Answers Monday 11 February 2008

Scottish Executive

Dental Health

Mary Scanlon (Highlands and Islands) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive what action is being taken to ensure that people performing teeth-whitening treatment have appropriate professional training.

Shona Robison: The General Dental Council is the regulatory body for the practice of dentistry which includes tooth whitening.

Health

Richard Baker (North East Scotland) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive how many people died from lung cancer in NHS Grampian hospitals in (a) 2002, (b) 2003, (c) 2004, (d) 2005, (e) 2006 and (f) 2007.

Nicola Sturgeon: The number of people who died from lung cancer in NHS Grampian hospitals registered during the period 2002-06 are in the following table. Data for 2007 is not yet available.

  

Year
Count


2002
224


2003
214


2004
217


2005
228


2006
175



  Source: General Register for Scotland.

Health

Richard Baker (North East Scotland) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive how many people died from heart disease in NHS Grampian hospitals in (a) 2002, (b) 2003, (c) 2004, (d) 2005, (e) 2006 and (f) 2007.

Nicola Sturgeon: The information requested is shown in the following table. Figures for 2007 will not be available until August 2008.

  Deaths from Heart Disease1 in NHS Grampian Hospitals, Deaths Registered 2002-06

  

 
 2002
 2003
 2004
 2005
 2006


 Heart Disease1
 699
 683
 638
 602
 560


 Chronic rheumatic heart diseases2
 8
 8
 10
 7
 8


 Ischaemic heart diseases3
 545
 542
 508
 456
 413


 Pulmonary heart diseases and diseases of pulmonary circulation4
 18
 25
 18
 23
 21


 Other forms of heart disease5
 128
 108
 102
 116
 118



  Source: General Register Office for Scotland.Notes:1. ICD10 codes I05-I52 excluding I10-I15.2. ICD10 codes I05-I09.3. ICD10 codes I20-I25.4. ICD10 codes I26-I28.

  5. ICD10 codes I30-I52.